Die Kontroverse über die „richtigen“ Zu- und Abschläge in der GRV beginnt mit mehreren Begriffsverwirrungen. Dies betrifft vor allem die Begriffe „versicherungsmathematisch fair“, „versicherungsmathematisch neutral“ und „anreizkompatibel“. Nur...

This paper provides a critical review of the pension reform strategy which turns defined benefits (DB) public pay-as-you-go systems into notional defined contribution (NDC) systems. We show that properly designed NDC public pension systems contain powerful economic and political mechanisms that...

Da etwa ¾ aller Selbständigen nicht durch ein obligatorisches Altersvorsorgewerk abgesichert sind, stellt sich die Frage, inwieweit Altersarmut für diese Selbständigen zum Problem werden könnte. Eine eingehende Untersuchung des Altersvorsorge-Verhaltens von Selbständigen er-scheint daher...

The paper examines the long-term implications of various reform options on retirement entry decisions and the actual retirement age of older workers. It focuses on the changes in pension legislation since 1992 and the reform options discussed by the German Social Security Reform Commission...

Financing pensions in the EU is a challenge. Many EU countries introduced private pension schemes to compensate declining public pension levels due to reforms made necessary by demographic change. In 2001, Germany introduced the Riester pension. Ten years after introduction the prevalence rate...

The German population has good financial knowledge measured on the basis of three financial literacy questions. Around 85 % of the individuals comprehend the functioning of interest and inflation. And 60 % of the individuals understand the relationship of risk and diversification. Overall around...

This paper investigates consumer expenditures of German households pre- and post-retirement. The widely observed distinct drop in spending upon retirement entry poses an empirical puzzle since life cycle theory predicts smoothing of the marginal utility of consumption over time. As one...

This Paper provides a two-part empirical analysis on how actuarial reduction rates for early retirement affect current pension payments in Germany and to what extent the existence and the magnitude of such reduction rates influence people’s retirement planning. First, when looking at...

Die Rentenreform 2001 hat mit der Riester-Rente ein staatlich gefördertes, reguliertes Altersvorsorgeprodukt eingeführt. Über diese zusätzliche Altersvorsorge sollen die künftigen Rentnergenerationen das langfristige Absinken des gesetzlichen Rentenniveaus kompensieren. Dieser Beitrag geht...